Wifi ESSID duplication - Kismet, Airodump

I noticed this after upgrading to kernel 2.6.34 and after a dist-upgrade. When I launch Kismet or airodump and get a list of ESSIDs, they duplicate and insert random special characters into the name. This happens anywhere between 5 seconds after launch or up to a minute (longest it's gone without duplication so far).

Duplicates always have 1 packet and 0 size (in kismet) and 50% of the time have --- as a channel (in kismet).

Example of the special characters inserted into the name:

NotYourNetwork
NotYou\3010etwork
NotYo\025DNetwork
\012mtYourNetwork


Any ideas? Let me know what hardware/software versions you need and I'll gladly post.

I tested hardware by booting off my original backtrack 4 DVD and launching kismet. Ran perfectly fine for an hour.

Is there any indication a fresh install would help? I suppose upgrading the kernel could of broken something, but I'm not an expert.

Start over and reinstall. Then see what happens.

I was hoping to avoid that option, but I'll give it a shot.

Won't really learn anything if it helps. But it's better than not having it work at all.

Actually you will learn something. I'll leave it to you to discover though. Don't want to spoil the fun.

Just booted off a freshly downloaded BT R1 iso, and the problem persists.

At this point I am considering getting a USB wifi card. Then I can add an external antenna.

Check your card and hardware against the aircrack-ng website for compatibility.
Also check to see if the issue is listed on their forums. I am guessing that it is.

EDIT: Not a bug moved.